IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Battlerock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965AZ001014
  • User Pedon ID: S1965AZ001014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965AZ001014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3566
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39231
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.9716682
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1988907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 792 feet east of the center
  • Location Description: East of Highway 180 opposite Riggs Creek Road about 1-1/4 miles north-east of Nutrioso.
  • Map Unit: FuC—Fruitland loam, cold variant, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Arizona
  • County: AZ001—Apache
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Regional Office: 8—Phoenix, AZ
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AZ635—Apache County, Arizona, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33109-H2—Nutrioso, Arizona

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Battlerock
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2020
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fruitland
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1965
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    CHRYS9

    CHRYS9

    COSP3

    COSP3

    ELELB2

    JUNIP

    MUMO

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus

    Chrysothamnus

    Condalia spathulata

    Condalia spathulata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Juniperus

    Muhlenbergia montana

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    blue grama

    rabbitbrush

    rabbitbrush

    knifeleaf condalia

    knifeleaf condalia

    squirreltail

    juniper

    mountain muhly

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    76—165

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    —89—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    2331

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    0

    432

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    8.9

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (21.0) fine roots; many (21.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27490
    A2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; many (21.0) fine roots; many (21.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27491
    C1—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; many (21.0) fine roots; many (21.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27492
    C2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; massive parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many (21.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine tubular and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27493
    Ab1—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to moderate fine subangular blocky parts to granular; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many (21.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine tubular and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; 8 Thymol-blue; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A27494
    Ab2—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to granular; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; many (21.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine tubular and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8.2 Thymol-blue; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A27495
    Cb—99 to 165 centimeters (39.0 to 65.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to granular; hard when dry, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) fine tubular and many (21.0) fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 8.2 Thymol-blue; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A27496